B4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 12,1980 How to move machinery without becoming a statistic ANNAPOLIS, Md. - As farmers ‘saddle up’ in their tractors, trucks, spray ngs and other motorized equipment to begin the Spring planting season, they are asked to take an invisible rider along with them: highway courtesy. The Maryland Agricultural Commission, advisory body to the state Department of Agriculture, reminds farmers that while they have free right to use the roads of the state just like everyone else, they Hereford High School FFA wins Maryland State com contest Members of the FFA crops committee at Hereford High School, Maryland, pose with trophy hardware during recent seventy-third annual meeting of the Maryland Crop Improvement Association. The FFA group was honored as first place winner in the 1979 official state corn yield contest with a mark of 187.57 bushels per acre. This marked the first time that the contest has been won by an FFA chapter in Maryland. But it was the fifth consecutive victory by a Baltimore county representative. Show from left are: Bob Prigel, Sam Bosley, Mike Tracey, Laurel Cutter, Caroline Fiske (vo-ag teacher), Lisa Maenner, and John Badalato. Tracey is holding his first-place no-tillage award plate, while Badalato shows off his over-all championship plaque. Badalato was also student coordinator for the FFA corn-growing project. CUSTOM BUILT FEED BINS FEATURING: High quality 14 gauge steel Solid Welded Seams Making it Water and Rodent Proof Long Taper and Large Opening for Easier Flow Can be installed inside or outside building Most Installations Can Be Made Without Auger! WILL DELIVER UNO INSTALL ANYWHERE MEL’S WELDING SERVICE R 1 Kennedyville, Md. 301-348-2179 Sales and Service - Grain Equipment, Bucket Elevators, Distributors. Pipes and Accessories should take care to exercise common sense when sharing the highway with faster moving traffic. One of the best ways to avoid problems is for far mers to plan carefully their equipment movements so as to avoid being on the roads during rush hours. State law allows farm equipment on the road and in fact grants agricultural machinery some tavors in that tractors, combines, etc., do not have to be licensed. It does require flashing lights in many cases and display of the familiar slow moving vehicle emblems. The Ag Commission points out that operators of farm machinery have to bear in mind that drivers of automobiles are not too familiar with farm machinery on the roads and m some cases, are actually terrified of meeting a large tractor on the road. Therefore, the commission says operators of the farm machinery should take extra care to look-out for then traffic neighbors. Besides, as one member of the Commission notes, “A farmer should never be in such a hurry that he can’t take time for courtesy because he ought to want the other road users to have a safe and happy day so that they can come back as his customers three times a day. • Optically clear and strength restored ,W 1 > • Fraction ol the cost ' a y of replacement f Call your NOVUS METHODman™ 215-378-9772 location SHAPPELL/HOVUS Div of Shappell, Inc 1141 Penn Ave (Rear) Wyomissmg, PA 19610 easily mean the difference between profit and loss Same land, same feed or forage, same labor . RALGRO makes the big difference RALGRO is easy to use It is the only growth-promoting implant you can use with any size calf. Reimplant every 100 days for even greater gams RALGRO is essential to good cattle management free gun With 20 or More Cartridges Till June 30, i 960 mu pbs livestock drugs P.O. Box 9101 Canton, Ohio 44711 -?oU FREe 800-321-0235 24 DOSE CARTRIDGE $ 17.10. Quantity Prices Available s much RALCRO gives 5 more pounds weaning GRO when you handle ;r, stronger, “good doin’ legardless of herd size, r more') pounds could
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